Welcome to the third installment of the prospect countdown series. If you want to review, here's the first part and you can also see the second one. #40: Beck Wheeler Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6’3” Weight: 215 Lbs. Born: 12/13/88, US Scouting – Wheeler went undrafted and joined the Mets for only $1000 back [...]
Yesterday I wrote a story about how the Mets should follow in the path of the 2013 A’s. Since there’s no game today, I thought it might be fun to follow up on that and try to do some non-vigorous number crunching. The idea is to throw some ideas about things out there and have [...]
In case you haven’t heard, Steve Matz is kinda good. In fact, he’s actually pretty good. Even before he pitched 12.2 scoreless innings in the South Atlantic League playoffs, allowing five hits and striking out 17, the 22-year-old lefty from Stony Brook, NY was opening eyes in his first full season in the minor leagues. [...]